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Below is what I have in my records on this Bassett family. You can contact me at bassettgenealogy@hotmail.com for more information on this Bassett line.
57B841. Josiah Bassett, son of Thomas Spear Bassett
Josiah Bassett, son of Thomas Spear and Sarah Bassett, was born 18 Apr 1838 in Arkansas (ASDR). He died 3 Jul 1906 in Safford, Graham County, Arizona (ASDR). He is buried in Safford, Arizona. He married (1) Susan Gibbs, daughter of Joe and Elizabeth Gibbs, on 11 Aug 1864 in Safford, Graham County, Arizona. He married (2) Eliza Anna Gibbs. Susan was born 11 May 1848 in Missouri. She died 12 May 1931 in Orland, Glenn County, California. She is buried in Orland, California.
(ASDR - Arizona State Death Records)
1870 Federal Census of Spring Hill, Navarro County, Texas (1870)
J. Bassett 32 M Arkansas Farmer 1200 700
S. 20 F Missouri K House
L.A. 5 F Texas
Jas. H. 3 M Texas
Jos 3/12 M Texas
1880 Federal Census of Cebasas, Pima County, Arizona (Jun 1880)
Jos Bassett 42 M AR ?? TN Head
Sarah 31 F MO MO MO Wife
Lizzie 14 F TX AR MO Daughter
James 12 M TX AR MO Son
Josiah 10 M TX AR MO Son
Ella 6 F TX AR MO Daughter
Edda 1 F AZ AR MO Daughter
1900 Federal Census of Solomonville, Graham County, Arizona (7 Jun 1900)
Joseph S. Bassett 62 M Apr 1838 AR AR AR Head Farmer
Susan 52 F May 1848 MO MO MO Wife
Alice 18 F Oct 1881 AR AR MO Daughter At School
Albert N. Lyall 10 M Apr 1890 AR CA TX G-son At School
(Married 36 years, 7 children, 6 living)
57B8411. Eliza Anna Bassett - born 4 Jul 1865 in Uvalde, Uvalde County,
Texas, died 24 Nov 1921, married Frank Teal.
+ 57B8412. James Henry Bassett - born 22 Sep 1868 in Waco, McLennan County,
Texas, died 8 Nov 1946, married Catherine Waughtal on 24 Dec 1893.
They had Etta Bassett, born 2 Apr 1895, died 15 Feb 1903 in
Arizona (ASDR), and Ella Bassett, born 16 May 1898, died 14 Feb
1903 in Arizona (ASDR) and Ray Bassett, born 11 Aug 1900, died
18 Feb 1903 in Arizona (ASDR).
+ 57B8413. Joseph Reuben Bassett - born 7 Apr 1870 in Urzlde, Texas, died 3
Sep 1957 in Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona, buried in Globe,
Arizona, married (1) Minnie A. Minnie was born 21 Dec 1878. She
died 18 Feb 1903 in Arizona (ASDR). He married (2) Lola Rozella
Burmister on 4 Dec 1906 in Prescott, Yavapia County, Arizona.
57B8414. Susan Louella Bassett - born 16 May 1873 in Uvalde, Uvalde County,
Texas, died 10 Jun 1958, married Neil Lyall on 26 Mar 1889,
married (2) Eldridge Benjamin Howard Cooper.
57B8415. Sarah Elizabeth Bassett - born 7 Jan 1876 in Uvalde, Uvalde
County, Texas, died 11 Jul 1879.
+ 57B8416. Eva Tressa Bassett - born 11 May 1879 in Safford, Graham County,
Arizona, died 16 Feb 1967, married George Howard Nash on 25 Dec
1898.
57B8417. Elsie Alice Bassett - born 21 Nov 1881 in Dos Cabezas, Cochise
County, Arizona, died 17 Jan 1948, married John Wylie Woolf on 30
Dec 1903.
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF ARIZONA
Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago (1901)
Josiah S. Bassett
That Mr. Bassett is one of the most enterprising farmers of the Gila valley is a distinct evidence of his indomitable perserverance. Many discouraging trials have come his way, and many obstacles presented themselves, the surmounting of which would have formed to the average a bar to any kind of headway. The family of which he is a member were for years identified with the best agricultural interests of Arkansas, in which state he was born April 18, 1838. His parents, T.J. and Sarah Bassett, were also born in Arkansas, and the father eventually died within twenty miles of the scene of his birth. The mother subsequently removed to Texas, and after a long and useful life died in Fort Worth. Josiah S. was about sixteen when he went to Texas and became interested in farming, and for a long period was engaged in the same occupation. In order to better his condition he resolved upon an overland journey to Arizona, and the expedition remains to this day a memory replete with horror and ever-present danger and death. The Indians still regarded the plains and mountains as their undisputed possession, and gave the pale-faced intruders anything but a hearty welcome. Every day witnessed the murder of travelers, and the little expedition came upon many bodies of the slain. Some were burned and some were not, but the whole way was a terrible reminder of a possible ignominious fate.
Arriving at Safford, Ariz., Mr. Bassett found but two white families there, and very little improvement as yet effected. He began to till the soil with moderate success, and then removed to Dos Cabezos, where he engaged in the cattle business, and also had the mail route between Fort Bowie and the Cherry Cow mountains. In the former occupation he was interested for four years, and was mail carrier for six years. Upon selling out his interests at Dos Cabezoa he removed thirty-five miles southwest to the Hot Springs, were he farmed, and then located sixty miles below Phoenix. There he engaged in an unfortunate undertaking, the construction of the Bassett ditch, which consumed four years of time and all the money he had, but was swept away by floods.
Following this discouraging experience Mr. Bassett went to Phoenix, where he lived for five years, during which time he was in poor health, and labored at a disadvantage. Nevertheless he took the mail contract from Phoenix to Buckeye, and continued in that capacity for four years. At the end of that time he came to the Gila valley, which has since been his home. For a year he rented a farm, and then bought forty acres half way between Solomonville and Safford, where he still lives, although the place has since been sold to his son. He has since purchased what is known as the Olney ranch, one-half mile north of Solomonville on the river.
Interested in mining, Mr. Bassett owns claims in the Clarke and Lone Star district. He also owns one of the largest marble mines that has ever been located, at Dos Cabezos. He was disappointed in what seemed a lucky disposition of the property in 1899 for $100,000, which deal fell through owing to the failure of a bank.
In 1842 Mr. Bassett married Susie Gibbs, and of this union there are six children: Mrs. Elizabeth Teal; Charles H., who lives at Dos Cabezos; Josiah, who is a farmer near Phoenix; Mrs. Susan L. Cooper; Mrs. George Nash; and Alice, who is living at home. In national politics Mr. Bassett is a firm bleiever in the principles and issues of the Democratic party, and has served for several years as a school trustee. During the Civil war he enlisted in Gould's Regiment, Twenty-third Cavalry, C.S.A., but served only three months, owing to the bite of a rattlesnake. As a reminder of his short war service he was troubled for sixteen years with a running sore.
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